Classical and Operant Conditioning.
by Flor Noemy Rivas Ulloa
1. Classical conditioning: This conditioning is referred to a natural or involuntary response in the behavior of someone as a result of an action or situation.
1.1. Classical conditioning example: A stomach virus would produce a response of nausea. As in the example we can realize that the reaction is natural or involuntary.
2. Conditioning: Is a type of learning that connects a stimulus to a human behavior, there are two types of conditioning: Classical and Operant.
3. Operant conditioning: This conditioning changes the behavior of someone by causing a result or consequence after an action.
3.1. Operant conditioning consequences will have two characteristics: Reinforcement or punishment, those can be positive o negative.
3.1.1. Operant conditioning example: A teacher will give extra point to a student that is well-behaved, eventually the student will realize that having a good behavior he can earn more points.